The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

EA Games has delivered an outstanding movie-licensed game with an incredibly broad appeal. Middle-earth looks amazing in this game and the action is sweeter than Hobbit ale. Read Review

EA's second attempt at re-creating Tolkien goodness. Enhances the formula it cobbled together using a little Devil May Cry, a little Streets of Rage, and a far more impressive amount of movie footage from all three of the Peter Jackson films, Return of the King expands in every single way to make this year's effort undeniable.
Players get the chance to play as five characters (Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Sam and Frodo), plus three secret ones; the environments are interactive with useable weapons, ropes to swing down, catapults to fire, and more. Plus, gamers can finally get together with their buddies to play the game in co-op mode.

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This game contains 8 playable and secret characters with unique voice overs done by the actors from the films ;All new multiplayer mode will let players to make team with a companion ;More than 12 interactive environments realistically recreated from the films ; Assault bad boss monsters including Shelob, the Witch King and the final showdown with the Dark Lord Sauron.